This movie was so/so. I thought it was very dumb and it had absolutly NO plot, but it was still pretty funny because of how wierd it was. I loved when they were in the classroom and Napolean had all of his tator tots in his pocket, and a kid in the class asked for one and he said
"Get your own"
And the guy kicked his pocket and smashed all of his tator tots. That was the funniest part in the movie.
Jon Heder, Tina Majorino (Andre, Waterworld), and Efren Ramirez play in a sweetly nerdy comedy about a misfit imaginative boy, (who probably is Autistic), and a love interest, and a run for school persident. Has more Y Generation kids appeal than it does for the X Gen adults who loved Rushmore, its more cynical cousin, (ripping it off actually), but is actually slow in parts. Set in an Idaho school instead of a preppy academy, as in Rushmore, (eight years before), and not a sequel, the story does have a Rushmore like loser or two. It's as if the older brother in this is Rushmore, and the teenager is Napoeon. Yeah, but it's not a sequel. Anyway, it does end with a hilarious talent show, even if it's not about Vietnam, but about a parody of Breakin'. Gosh, it's not a rip off. Gosh!!! It has mad skills. Well kid, it's derivitive, like it or not. (Reviewed as though Napoleon would review it).
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Maybe this is kind of like the new generation's Better Off Dead. Much more deadpan and with new family dynamics and a whole different take on realtionships. Each time I see it I like it a bit more. I wan't all that impressed the first time I saw it.
"Napoleon Dynamite" is one of those "either you get it or you don't" movies, and the reason why I got it is that it felt like a summary of my seven years of middle school and high school, plus maybe the first couple of years of college. I think I always was the nerdiest guy in my class (and now that I teach, things haven't improved much), so that I have been through much of what is depicted in the movie (except I am not from Idaho and there are no yellow buses or lockers where I am from.) Take the time travel episode, for instance. I never bought a time machine (eBay didn't exist back then), I don't even think I ever believed a machine could do the trick (though of course I did fantasize about H.G. Welles' contraption and Doc Brown's De Lorean), but I wouldn't swear I never experimented with the psychological method of time travel expounded in "Bid Time Return" and New Age books (I know I tried past life regression 0_o), and I did want at some point to build a robot. I went so far as to bring a big metal barrel into my garage because I thought it looked like R2D2, and my mum just told me to take it away because it was smelly and rusty (a much brainier (and older) friend of mine did build a robot though, and even the adults were impressed, but that's another story.) I went through all the same embarrassment with girls, the obsessing about martial arts (I even contemplated buying sai at one point, but unfortunately I never found one at a second hand shop), the fascination with monsters, the bullying, etc.
Two things I felt the movie did not quite capture is how most of this behaviour is programmed by TV shows and comic books (the characters do not seem to be doing much reading or watching, so that their mental landscapes seem to be self-generated), and the intense emotions that are involved in all the stupidity of adolescence, from the elation at thinking you are some sort of genius, secret agent or superhero, to the unbearable depression of being "rejected" by a girl who probably didn't even notice you were there. The main characters in the movie seem always to be in a sort of anethetized daze, their minds floating in geostationary orbit while their bodies go through the motions of everyday life.
Artistically speaking, I found the film quite brilliant. It mostly uses still shots, which it composes a bit like the "nouvelle cuisine" plates in the main titles, with bright colours from the seventies and early eighties. Most of the music and clothes are also from the early eighties, so even though the film is definitely set in the 21st century (with the Internet and chat rooms, for instance), the esthetics is definitely retro. As for the humour, if you?ve seen some of David Lynch?s sillier fare ? such as "The Cowboy and the Frenchman" (definitely not his brightest moment) or "On the Air" - you know what to expect. Indeed, if you had told me that it was a David Lynch movie, I might have believed you. It's got a song to rival "In Heaven", shots of people with tuned out faces and quite a few surrealistic moments.
Actually, I envy the people who do not get this movie. That it felt so autobiographical says a lot about how pathetic I am.
Jon Heder stars as Napoleon Dynamite, a troubled teenager at high school.
Unpopular, a misfit and overall strange guy, Napoleon faces many problems - how to get a girl to go to the prom with him - how to get his one and only friend Pedro elected as school president - and how to get rid of his over-the-top uncle.
Unwittingly, yet always wanting it, he becomes a new kind of hero.
Jon Heder is brilliant as the strange hero. Costarring Aaron Ruell as his wierd brother, Efren Ramirez as Pedro and Tina Majorino as the only girl who gives Napoleon the time of day.
A strange, odd tale that is brilliantly funny in a very dry form.
The story doesn't really go anywhere, but I guess that is true to life. It is actually fairly realistic despite the fact that the characters appear to be really exaggerated.
weird, strang film!
had its own kinda indy style.
was funny at times but just stupid, reminded me alot of that liam lynch video "my united states of whatever"
i thought the only good scene in the thing was when napoleon did the dance in front of his high school to help his friend get the presedentcy. Now thats good comedy:)
This movie kinda made me ashamed to live in Idaho. Especially because I was working customer service at the time and everyone who called in asked where I was from. "Idaho? Like Napoleon Dynamite?!" *facepalm*
The first time I watched this movie I wasn't too sure about it. But everytime I watch it, it gets funnier. I notice little things that are just too hilarious!
lovable dimwit slowly moves through high school looking and sounding like he is permanently stoned. he is one of the most unique and funny characters to be played by jon heder, a great funny film iwth some very tender moments.
So for people who think that this movie was amazing, you are weird. I despised this movie, it had absolutely no point to it and was a terrible waste of money, dont watch this. I gave it an F
A sweeping, timeless epic tale of trust, friendship, and the power of love.
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this movie was so stupid, it was funny!! and thats why i like. we all have a little napoleon in us, ya know.
This is one of those movies where some people like it some don't. It certainly has cult status. I think its okay... I mean, some parts make me giggle.. I usually start watching it and then can't stop... I don't know..
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ooo u could laugh all day with this one---well u either really like it or really dont, but there are so many catch phrases--the best part. lol: "do they have large talons"
Napoleon is the stereotype for what we've all felt once or twice (or maybe more) in our lives. He's one of those characters you want to watch succeed and at the same time would love to slap! LOL
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